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which is sometimes agglutinated into a kind of spurious 
receptacle; ostiola distinct, short, obtuse, black, at first 
suffused with a yellowish-green powder; asei subeylindrical; 
. spores crowded or biseriate, oblong, obtuse, straight or 
slightly curved, .0008°—.001’ long, .0003° broad, three to 
five-septate with an occasional longitudinal septum, at first 
colorless, then yellowish. 
‚ Lophiostoma prominens Pk. Perithecia very pro- 
minent, hemispherical, adnate at the base, .07’—.08‘ broad, 
smooth, black; ostiola distinet, compressed, black, shining ; 
asci subclavate; spores biseriate, oblong or subfusiform, 
straight or slightly curved, colored, five-septate, .0008°— 
.001° long. 
4 Dead twigs of button-bush, Cephalanthus oceidentalis. 
une. 
The species is related to L. bicuspidatum, but the peri- 
thecia are not immersed, and the spores are destitute of 
cuspidate points and longitudinal septa. 
Sphzria (Villose) pulchriseta Pk. Perithecia very 
minute, .003°—.004° in diameter, superficial, numerous, at 
length collapsing, black, beautifully hispid with straight 
diverging black sets; asci narrowly fusiform or lanceolate; 
spores narrow, subfusiform, colorless, .00025°—.0003‘ long, 
the endochrome sometimes parted in the middle. 
Chips in woods. Sept. 
Externally this fungus has the appearance of some 
species of Venturia, but it appears tho have paraphyses 
among the asci. 
Spharia (Caulicole) curvicolla Pk. Perithecia small, 
.03’—.04' broad, scattered or two to three confluently crow- 
ded, erumpent, at length naked, hemispherical, black; ostiola 
short, subeylindrical, slightly ceurved; asci oblong; spores 
crowded or biseriate, colorless, .0006°—.0009’ long, .0003° 
broad. 
Dead stems of Polygonum articulatum. Oet. 
Sphxria (Caulicole) sorghophila Pk. Perithecia 
very minute, immersed, erumpent through a longitudinal chink, 
elliptical, black; asci elongated, clavate; spores biseriate, 
oblong - eylindrical, triseptate, constrieted at the septa, pale 
when young, then colored, .0011°—.0012° long- 
On the brush of an old broom. June. 
Sphxwria Marciensis Pk. Perithecia minute, puncti- 
form, covered by the epidermis, which is ruptured by the 
distinet slightly prominent blunt ostiola; ascı oblong- eylin- 
drical, sessile; spores erowded, subfusiform, blunt, slightly 
